Washington State
House of Representatives
Office of Program Research
BILL
ANALYSIS
Consumer Protection & Business Committee
HB 1066
Brief Description: Creating a data dashboard to track use of regulated substances.
Sponsors: Representatives Reeves, Morgan, Wylie and Davis.
Brief Summary of Bill
  • Requires the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) to annually publish on its website information related to compliance rates; citations; health expenditures and outcomes reported to the LCB by other agencies; the amount of taxes, fees, and penalties collected from alcohol, cannabis, tobacco products, cigarettes, and vapor products; and occurrences and impacts of the inversion and diversion of cannabis.
Hearing Date: 1/14/25
Staff: Peter Clodfelter (786-7127).
Background:

The Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) licenses and regulates certain activities related to liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco products, and vapor products (regulated substances).  The LCB publishes an annual report on its website that generally includes information related to taxes and fees collected and compliance rates and citations related to the sale of these regulated substances. 

 

The Healthy Youth Survey is a biennial survey administered to 6th through 12th grade students in Washington that measures health risk behaviors including regulated substance and other drug use and perceptions.  The LCB supports the Health Care Authority (HCA) Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, the Department of Health (DOH), and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in the development of the Healthy Youth Survey.  

Summary of Bill:

The LCB, in consultation with the DOH, the HCA, and other agencies the LCB deems appropriate, must publish specified information in a conspicuous location on the LCB's website.  The information published on the LCB's website must be updated annually, separately identify all required information for each regulated substance, and include the following information:

  • compliance rates regarding the LCB's enforcement of laws or rules prohibiting the sale of regulated substances to persons under 21 years of age;
  • the number of citations issued annually for violations of laws or rules prohibiting the sale of regulated substances to persons under 21 years of age; 
  • the number of citations issued annually for violations of laws or rules prohibiting the sale, service, or delivery of liquor to an intoxicated person or a person who is apparently under the influence of liquor, and for violations of laws or rules prohibiting the purchase or consumption of liquor by a person who is apparently under the influence of liquor; 
  • data from the Healthy Youth Survey about youth use, access, and perceptions of regulated substances in Washington;
  • information reported to the LCB from the DOH or the HCA about the prevalence of the use of regulated substances and the amount and source of funding appropriated or available per fiscal year to the DOH and the HCA for programs preventing and deterring the use of regulated substances and treating substance use disorders;
  • data reported to the LCB by the DOH or the HCA about:  (1) certain annual health care expenditures; (2) annual deaths in Washington caused by smoking or consuming regulated substances; (3) Washington's spending on tobacco prevention and cessation funding compared to funding levels recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (4) health equity metrics; and (5) demographic impact metrics;
  • the amounts of taxes collected from the sale of regulated substances; license fees collected related to the manufacture, distribution, and sale of regulated substances; and money received from penalties imposed by the LCB for violations; and
  • the number of occurrences of, and economic impact on the regulated market from:  (1) the inversion of cannabis into the regulated cannabis system involving a person licensed as a cannabis producer, processor, or retailer, purchasing or obtaining cannabis from an unauthorized person or source; and (2) the diversion of cannabis out of the regulated cannabis system involving a person licensed as a cannabis producer, processor, or retailer, selling or transferring cannabis to an unauthorized person or recipient. 
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Requested on January 8, 2025.
Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the bill is passed.